How many calories are in a naan?
One restaurant naan is about 260 kcal. Weigh out the same 90 g in chapatis and you get 220, so the calorie difference people expect is mostly not there. The difference that is real sits in the fibre: 2 g in the naan against 6 in the chapatis.
The plate, as served
One plain naan, about 90 g, straight from the tandoor and not brushed.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 9g | 36 | 14% |
| Carbs | 45g | 180 | 69% |
| Fat | 5g | 45 | 17% |
| Fibre | 2g | counted within carbs | |
The ring is sized by calories, not grams: protein and carbs are 4 kcal a gram, fat is 9. Drawn by grams, fat would look like a sliver of what it actually contributes.
What is on the plate
| NaanOne restaurant naan, about 90 g | 260 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- Two naans with the curry810+550
The second naan costs more than the curry did.
- With a chicken curry and raita550+290
The whole plate, and where the protein finally arrives: 33 g.
- Brushed with ghee305+45
How it arrives at most restaurants. A teaspoon is 45.
- One plain naan, about 90 g, straight from the tandoor and not brushed.As served260
Where each number comes from
Composition tables list ingredients, not dinners. There is no row anywhere for this plate, so it is built from its parts, and the preparation assumed for each part is written next to it, because that assumption is usually worth more calories than the ingredient.
| Component | Portion and preparation | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Naan | One restaurant naan, about 90 gLeavened refined-flour dough baked against the wall of a tandoor. Ghee or butter brushed on afterwards is not counted here and adds about 45 kcal a teaspoon. | 260 |
| Total | 260 | |
Sources: USDA FoodData Central. Every figure is an estimate with a range around it, and is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal rather than pretending to a precision that does not exist.
Why you will see 200 to 600 kcal quoted for this
Size, and whether butter or ghee went on top. Restaurant naans run well past 90 g, and a garlic or peshwari naan is a different food again.
Which is why this page shows the sum instead of asserting a total. Build the plate you actually eat and the number is yours rather than an average of strangers.
Build your own plateCommon questions
- How many calories are in one naan?
- About 260 for a plain restaurant naan of roughly 90 g. Brushed with a teaspoon of ghee it is 305.
- Is naan worse than chapati?
- Less than people assume on calories. Gram for gram a naan is 260 against 220 for chapati. On fibre it is 2 g against 6, and that is the difference worth caring about.
- How many calories in a naan with curry?
- One naan with a chicken curry and raita is about 550 kcal and 33 g of protein. A second naan takes it to 810, and that second naan costs more than the curry.
- What is the lightest bread to have with a curry?
- Chapati, but not by as much as the reputation suggests. The bigger lever is how many you have, not which one.
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